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Patented February 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE.

JESSE I. RICE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POM PADOUR-CO IVIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,261, dated February16, 1904.

Application filed September 4,1903. Serial No. 171,902. n model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ESSE 1. RICE, a citizen of the United States,and'a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventedImprovements in Hair-Dressing Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved device adapted to be used byladies in dressing the hair and which when in use is so arranged andapplied to the head as to be entirely'covered by the hair to producehair dress of pompadour and similar effects.

The device forming the subject of this invention comprises a bodyportion having a series of teeth adapted to engage with the hair and abridge-piece extending above the body portion, said bridge-piece beingconnected at its ends to the ends of the back of the body from which theteeth extend, the whole being preferably made integral and the points ofjuncture-s of the body and bridge-piece formed with double or reversedcurves, so as to afford a somewhat-yielding connection between them andto give the bridge-piece the desired set.

The bridge-piece is also preferably made wider at its central part thanat its ends, so as to afford a wide and substantially rigid support forthe bunch of hair which is passed over it.

The device as a whole is made flexible and yielding, the body carryingthe teeth being adapted to fit snugly to the head on which it is placed,the said bridge-piece by its conformation and connection to the bodyreadily yielding as the body is shaped to the head and forming aflexible arch extending from the ends of the body some distance abovethe head, but further therefrom at its central part than at its ends.

Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings in describing myinvention more fully.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved hair-dressing device. Fig. 2 isa plan view of the same, and Fig. 8 illustrates ablank in the flat fromwhich the device is formed.

The device is made of any suitable material stamped or otherwise cutfrom a flat sheet in substantially the form shown at Fig. 3.

The body portion of the device comprises the back piece a, from whichproject the combteeth I), the ends of back piece a being extended, as atc 0, which extensions are by the cross-bars (Z cl connected to the ends6 00f the bridge-piece f. The central part 9 of the bridge-piece f ispreferably made wider than the ends (2 c. This blank is by suitableforming apparatus, generally under the influence of heat, bent intocurvilinear or arch form, the end extensions 0 c of the back piece abeing folded over toward the back piece and again outwardly with doublereverse curves, as clearlyshown at Figs. 1 and 2, thus causing thebridge-piece f to assume an arch form above the body portion, the doublecurves of the connection extensions 0 c causing the ends e'e of thebridge-piece f to lie in suitable re lation to the ends of the bodyportion and affording a somewhat-yielding connection between the twoparts of the device. These end connections 0 c are also preferably givensuch a set as to cause the widened central part g of the bridge-piece toextend partly over the body portion, as shown at Fig. 2. They also, withthe cross-bars d d, project beyond the body portion and alford supportfor the hair.

The device as a whole is flexible, the body portion, including theteeth, being adapted to fit any size and shaped head, the bridge-piecereadily yielding with it as it is applied to the head. The widenedcentral part of the bridgepiece imparts the requisite rigidity theretoto hold the hair placed over it in proper form, and the double-curve endconnections so hold the parts, the central part of the bridge-piecebeing higher or farther away from the head than the ends, that the hairwhen dressed over the device is caused to assume and retain the correctshape of a natural pompadour.

I claim as my invention 1. A hair-dressing device comprising a bodyportion having comb teeth throughout its length and a bridge-piece bothbeing formed of one piece of material, said bridge-piece extending abovethe body portion in the form 1 of an arch with its ends which connectwith the ends of the body portion arranged behind the rear edge of thebody portion and offset so that the central part of the bridge-piece isdirectly over the body portion.

2. A hair-dressing device comprising a body portion having comb -teeththroughout its length and a bridge-piece both being formed of one pieceof material, said bridge-piece having its central part wider than itsends and extending above the body portion in the form of an arch withits ends which connect with the ends of the body portion arranged behindthe rear edge of the body portion and oifset so that the central part ofthe bridge-piece is directly over the body portion.

3. A hair dressing device, comprising a body portion having comb-teethand a bridgepiece both being formed of one piece of material, saidbridge-piece extending from the ends of and above the body portion inthe form of an arch with double reverse connections between the ends ofthe bridge-piece and the ends of the body portion.

4. A hair dressing device, comprising a body portion having comb-teethand a bridgepiece both being formed of one piece of material, saidbridge-piece having its greatest width at its central part and connectedat its ends to the ends of the body portion by double reverse curves.

5. A hair-dressing device, consisting of a body portion comprisingcomb-teeth extending from a back piece, and a bridge-piece both beingconnected to end extensions of the back piece, said end extensions beingfolded over toward the back piece so as to cause the bridgepiece toproject in an arch form above and partly over the body portion.

7 '6. A hair dressing device, comprising a body portion havingcomb-teeth and a bridgepiece both being formed of one piece of material,said bridge-piece extending above the body portion in the form of anarch with its ends which connect with the ends of the body portionprojecting downwardly, as free extensions below the ends of the bodyportion.

7 A hair dressing device, comprising a body portion having comb-teethand a bridgepiece both being formed of one piece of material, saidbridge-piece extending from the ends of and above the body portion inthe form of an arch with double reverse connections between the ends ofthe bridge-piece and the ends of the body portion, the ends of thebridge-piece and connections projecting below the body portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this Qd day ofSeptember,

JESSE I. RICE.

Witnesses: 1

ARTHUR C. BLATZ, JAMEs A. HUDSON.

